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Animation Makes Everything Better: Understanding the Affordable Care Act

The Kaiser Family Foundation provides unbiased information on health policy. It’s a great resource; they’ve proved why yet again. Still don’t understand the Affordable Care Act (aka “health reform law”)? Check out this cartoon. Yes, cartoon. Score!... Read More

Follow-Up to QR Codes & Healthcare

So someone else has been thinking about how QR codes can impact healthcare. Check out IBM’s commercial.... Read More

Nurse-Only Conference Call with FLOTUS

The First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS), Mrs. Michelle Obama, held a nurse-only conference call today specific to the Affordable Care Act. She expressed her gratitude to nurses for stepping in and being change when needed, such as now.... Read More

What’s Up With No Posts?

Truth is – I just haven’t had anything of value to say. At least I think so. I don’t want to post just to post. Posts should be valuable, providing personal insight or generating discussion or sharing resources. I don’t... Read More

Idearrhea

Idearrhea – noun, expulsion of continuous ideas – good or bad. (Urban Dictionary has a somewhat similar definition.) I’m prone to idearrhea. Frequently. It’s one of the reasons I started blogging – to share ideas that would otherwise stagnate. I... Read More

Recent Reads

I always look forward to summertime because it’s usually when I read the most. Here’s what I’ve been reading the past few months and whether you should also read or spend your precious time elsewhere. Definitely Read: * Tribes: We... Read More

Healthcare Professional Immersion Program

The University of Texas at Arlington is once again coordinating its Travel, Study, Learn program – an immersion education activity held in Cuernavaca, Mexico, January 7-14, 2011. It is open to all healthcare professionals, and it is accredited for continuing... Read More

Nurses Part of the Plan, Not Part of the Planning… Again

As I read the recently released Lancet article and call to action to increase access to healthcare services and implement policy changes in low and middle-income countries, I learned about the Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care... Read More

Nurses at SXSWi

South by Southwest interactive (SXSWi) will host a health track for the very first time in 2011. Sessions are selected based on a combination of a SXSW advisory board, SXSW staff, and votes. The Panel Picker opened today, and a... Read More